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. W. SEARCY. DETACHABLE FLEXIBLE METAL sHoa PRoTEcToR.

APPLICATION HLED SEPT. 2l. 1918.

1,318,608. z Patented Oct. 14,1919.

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DmcHALE FLExlBLE METAL sHo'E PRoYEcToR. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 21.1918. 1,318,608, Patented Oct. 14,1919.

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DETACHABLE FLEXIBLE METAL SHOE PROTECTOR.

APPucmoN nLED sEPT.2|.1918.

Patented Oct. 14, 1919.

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To aZZ 'tchem/itl may Gomera:V w vj Be it' known that I, 'WAmjER VSEARGY, a

i citizen of? the United States, residing at Placerville, in the county ofEldo'rado'and StateofCalifor'nia, have. invented certain new' and useful Impr'ovements in Detachable' Flexible MetalvShoeiProtectors, of which the following is' a specification7 referencebeing hadv therein to the accompanying drawings.

' This inventiion relate's to a detachable fieXible metal;shoeprotectoig andfhas fory its-;object the construction of a shoe protectorthat' is efficient in" operation and which is comparatively inexpensive to -constructo Another object of the inv'ention is the construction of a shoe 'protector compris- `ing a'heel portion'tand va sole portion, each e being inade up of' Sections of a. vpeculiar structure, 'and the 'h'eel and sole portions be'- ing connected up by a leather top or upper i structure.

" tend through apertures in the contiguous With these and other. objects in view my inventlon comprlses certain novel comb1na tions and arrangements of ,parts as W111 be liereinafter specific'ally described, i'llustratedZ 1n` the taccompanying drawings and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims. i v' In the drawings: i I ,Figure 1 is a. perspectiveview of an ap paratus constructed in accordance with the present invention;

'Fig. 2 'is alongitudinal sectionalzview taken through the middle ofthe appa'ratus depicted in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view of the apparatus shown. in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a s'ectional 'view taken on the line H of Fig. 2.

blanks or Sections-of the sole portion showing the same prio'r to folding." y

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 6-6, Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows. 1'

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1 designates the heel portionof my shoe protector, and 2 the'sole portion thereof.l

' The heel `portion comprises Sections 3 and 4. The section 3 is provided on its back with a pair of tongues 5, which tongues 'eX- portion of section 4 (Fig; 6) holding sec-- tions 3 and 4 together at the back, while the o Specification of Letters Patent.

their rear portions are held front edge 18,

F ig; a persp'ective view of'o'n'eof the Patented oet. 14, 191.9.V

bottoln 6+6 'of sections 3 and 4 vare provided at. their front'v with: overlapping tongues 7 and 8.' The tongue 7 is provided with arrivet 9 that is adapted to be placed in any one ofthe apertures x10; in Fig. V3 rivet 9 ls'in one of thecapertures, the'positionfof the rivet being more clea'rly, shown in Fig. 2, thereby holdingsections 3 and 4 securelytogether' at their front edges, while i securely by means of the tongues 5 ('Figs. 2 and 6). The front portion 2 of my shoe protector comprises a sole Vmade upof ajrear plate 11 and a front plate 12,` and'preferablya series of intermediate plates 13. i The intermediate plates'13 (Fig. 5) are provided near, their'rearzedge 14 with a plurality of alined, elongatedl slots or apertures 15, andV 'near their ends 16 withfelongated apertures 17, at Vright angles to 'apertures 15. Along the' of each plate 13, are'a plurality of tongues19 arranged in alinement and adapted to fit in .the apertures 15 of the vadjoining intermediate plate 13, when theiplates are assembl'ed, as' clearly shown in Fig'sg2 and 3. Apertures20 are profv vided for receiving the anti-slipping devices 21, Vsuch as headed rivets, or any other suitable anti-slipping means; a't'22', Fig`j2, I Vhave lshown anti-slipping devices 'that are not provided with as great points' as the members 21, any of whichdevices maybe used at the will of the operator by inserting thecommon sh'anks through theapertures 20 of plates 13, in the manner shown clearly i'n Figs.r2-and' 4; f ,g b 1 The inner plate 11 isv provided' with the tongues ;19, upon Iits inner edge, and the outer or'toe plate12 is provided with aper'- `tures 15 v(Fig. 2) forreceiving the tongues '19 of the con'tiguous intermediateplate '13.

lAll of the plates constituting the sole portion of my apparatus are provided with the apertures 17, and in each aperture is pivotally mounted a side plate 23, inasmuch as theside plate is providedv with tongue 24 at its lower end, which tongue extends throughone of the side apertures 17. Each side plate is provided with an elongated aperture 25 near its upper edge in which a depending vstrap portion 26,- of the leather side 27 is positioned; there are two leather sides 27 employedv in the construction'of the upper of myshoe protector and these leather sides are provided with lac'ing eyelet' hooks 28, by means of which the lacingl29 is fastened upon the leather sections or portions 27, closing the same over the shoe' of tended end is folded back upon thebody,V

as shown in Fig. a, and a rivet .30 isemployed for fastening the depending porton to the side plate 23. i

rI`he leather Sections 27 are provided at their rear with rearWardly-extending straps 27a, each of which straps is threaded through an aperture 31, formed upon the section 3 or 4: (each section being provided with ,an aperture 31) and this threaded end of the strap 27 is fastened by rivet 32, as shown.

The forward ends of the sections 3 and are connected to the side plates which are attached to the inner section ll, through the medium of straps 33; one of these straps 33 is fastened at itsvouter end to the section of the heel, and the other strap at each side, is fastened to an elongated aperture formed at the side of the side plate 23 (Fig. 2). A ring 34k connects the straps 33 ateach side, and the rings 3a at both sides of my apparatus are connected by a surrounding band or strap 35, provided with a buckle 35a.

It will be understood that by loosening the lacing 29, that the user can slip his shoe into the device, and then by raising the strap ,surrounding band 35, to cause it to rest against the upper porton of the shoe, and the lacing 29 being drawn taut, the entire device can be readlly attached to the shoe, affording an excellent protection for the w shoe, and at the same time an anti-slipping device is provided so that the user of my improved shoe protectors will not slip on the ice or slip off of slippery surfaces, such as logs in the water, or on icy or wet buildinos or scafiold.

dy apparatus is comparatively light in weightand as it is made of parts, it 'readily conforms to the contour of the shoe, thereby making it a. substantial casing of a fiexible a sole and heel porton, means connecting said sole and heel portions together, said heel porton comprising a pair of sections, one of said Sections provided withtongues and the other section provided with apertures receiving said tongues, said sections provided with flat bottoms having near their front edge horizontal overlapping tongues, one tongue provided with a series of lapertures, and the other tongue provided with an aperture adapted to register with the apertures of vthe first-nientioned tongue, and means positionedV in said registering apertures of the tongues for holding the sections of the heel porton in an adju'sted position. i

2. A shoe protector comprising a sole and heel porton, and an upper leather' structure attached to said sole and heel portions, said heel porton comprising a, pair of sections, said sections provided at their back with a tongue and an aperture structure for holding the same together in an adjusted position, and said Sections provided at their inner front ends with overlapping tongues and said tongues provided with means for fastening the same in different adjusted positions, to accommodate it to the size of the heel of a shoe upon which the apparatus is to be positioned. i

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

lWALTER snanov Gopies of this patent may be obtanedrfor five cents each, by addressing' the Commissoner of Patents,

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